St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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learning tn T uilh 1 hingz Fundamentals of Drafting, taught by Mr. Engler, open to all Juniors and Seniors, in- troduced the students to the basic principles involved in Drafting. The course was aimed toward usage of instruments, geometric con- struction and orthographic and pictorial projection. Advanced Technical Drawing provides students with a more in depth study of Draft- ing. The class focused around two main areas, pictoral drawings and architecture fespecially the drawings of blue-prints for a house.j A-..,, AEN'-6 xs- www w-- '4'- Lad -fin Top: St. Laurence offers fine quality Drafting fellow classmate, Brendan Masterson answers a facilities. Upper Left: Mr. Engler assists a student question. Left: Mr. Engler carries the weight of who seems to have a problem. Above: Helping a the entire Drafting program on his shoulders.

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The Computer Department experienced very rapid growth. The program expanded to include a second level programming class for juniors. Taught primarily by Br. Verre and Mr. Fowler the program flourished to the tune of great interest and enrollment from the student body. S200,000 was pumped into the massive budget of the new program to equip the room with the latest possible equipment. The physical look of the room itself was also changedg it was enlarged to ac- comodate the rapid growth due to the in- flux of underclassmen. It was a program which inspired unusual interest by those involved, it was not unusual to spot a com- puter student after school for long hours working diligently to complete a program. GN- . . -. 'W u .X Q t , ,...q , . , ,ML ,Q sf? lang, ss . up L .55 e X1 ' .ff , get - x iw X 1. N 8 illvif .ly , hifi' ,.... Wifi T s wifi -ffl Eu .643 e 5 Q N6 me la. 6 Above: Br. Verre explains a programming procedure to Andy Krupa. Top: Looking up a complicated con- cept, Br. Verre helps a student get an answer on a dif- ficult problem. Bottom Right: Many of the up- perclassmen help the other kids with computer problems. Computer Science! 143

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so . gm.. he ff i at ,..,, .. af .Ha ,,M5 ., , jig .. q tty V, , A Hiiifvi' ,fi fir Q ,Q E fix 4 . 35: if earning IIZTIZ 1 henrg One of the courses we are truly lucky to have at St. Laurence is Music Theory. Although Mr. Henning is Band Moderator at two other schools, he chooses only to teach this fine survey of the intricacies of the art here at St. Laurence. Any Junior or Senior could take the course which dealt with all types of music along with the basics of harmony, tone, melody, and texture. Recently Music Theory II has been added. This delved greater into the areas discussed in Theory I. nf , M -.W . . ,. 'hi will Top: Mr. Henning explains the importance of Music Theory. Middle Left: Mr. Henning lectures the class on harmonic modulation. Middle Right: The class listens intently to Mr. Henning's lecture. Bottom: The students are explained the concept of relative minors. Music Theory f 145